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Artist spotlight:

Rebecca Goldberg

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DJ Rebecca Goldberg

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Feasts, fairs and

festivals around

Metro Detroit.

Pam Houghton

Special to the
Jewish News

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Art & Apples
Festival, Downtown
Rochester, Sept. 11-13

The fun continues the week
after Labor Day: The Art
and Apples Festival is cel-
ebrating its 50th anniver-
sary this year. As usual, an
assortment of more than
200 talented artists, whose
specialties include textiles,
watercolor, glass, pottery,
jewelry and more, will show-
case their wares.
With a rock-climbing wall
and inflatables provided
by Oakland County Parks
and Recreation, along with
"make-and-take" crafts
from Paint Creek Center
for the Arts and Detroit
Institute of Arts, kids won't
have a reason to complain.
Musical entertainment
will be plentiful, along with
a variety of food vendors
sure to please the palate.
Stock up on apples for
Rosh Hashanah: Paint Creek
Cider Mill will be there,
hawking the sweet, red
fruit, along with cider and
donuts. Just make sure you
have honey at home. Happy
New Year!

mean there aren't plenty of outdoor
feasts, fairs and festivals to enjoy.
From a dizzying array of art, food
and music at the Ford Arts, Beats
and Eats festival to the knights in
shining armor of the Michigan
Renaissance Festival, there's some-
thing for nearly everyone to enjoy.

If previous Labor Day weekends
are any indication, temps should
be seasonably warm. (No doubt
the horses at the State Fair in Novi
will be happy with that forecast.)
So don't put away the flip-flops and
shorts just yet. Saddle up, er, put
your car in drive and go, go, go!

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18th Annual Ford Arts,
Beats and Eats presented
by Soaring Eagle Casino
& Resort, Royal Oak,
Sept. 4-7
The Arts: 135 artists representing
most art forms including ceramics,
digital arts, prints, jewelry, paint-
ing, photography and wood will
show — and sell — the fruits of
their labor. Highlights include the
photographs of Allan Teger, deep
colors of layered-glass landscapes
by Boyne Fall's Vince Pernicano
and inspired-by-nature contem-
porary sculptures from North
Carolina's John Wayne Jackson.
The Beats: Whether your musi-
cal tastes range from old-fashioned

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rock 'n' roll — Cheap Trick, the
Guess Who — or are, in fact, just a
little bit country — Kip Moore and
James Otto — there's something for
just about everyone, including local
favorite Stewart Francke. Look for
Kidz Klez of Michigan, a tradition-
al klezmer band made up of area
students grades six through 12.
The Eats: For the culinary
inclined, more than 50 Metro
Detroit restaurants are representin'
the Motor City. Sidle up to Prime
29 Steakhouse for filet mignon slid-
ers or Famous Dave's for rich and
sassy BBQ. More eclectic choices
include Cafe Muse, KouZina
and Somerset Collection's Salad
Sensations.

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The crowd at Arts, Beats
& Eats

Family-friendly: Instructors
from Life Time Fitness will have
your kids doing push-ups, squats
and jumping jacks. The always-fun
Rosco the Clown is scheduled to
entertain kids and grown-ups alike

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The expansive grounds (left) and a happy shopper (right) at Art & Apples

is an electronica music DJ.
A believer in preparation,
Goldberg says each perfor-
mance "requires a lot of
practice and a lot of plan-
ning. It's a different presen-
tation every time."
The tech-savvy Goldberg
also has her own freelance
graphic-design company.
She sells prints and post-
ers "that I create digitally"
every Sunday at Detroit's
Eastern Market. "Art and
music go hand-in-hand."
Hometown: Goldberg
grew up in Bloomfield
Township and attended
Temple Beth El. She cur-
rently resides in Royal Oak.

Arts, Beats and Eats:

Goldberg will close down
the Rockstar Energy stage
on Friday, Sept. 4, 9-11
p.m., with DJ partner Emily
Thornhill.
Website: Go to
Rebeccagoldberg.com .
"I feel like I've always
been in music. It's always
been a part of my life,"
says Goldberg, a University
of Michigan grad. Growing
up, she took music lessons
and was "obsessed with
radio, collecting CDs, tapes
and, now, vinyl records."
Among her favorites, grow-
ing up, were Siouxsie and
the Banshees and Depeche
Mode; later, when she was
old enough for Saturday
nights at the State
Theatre's legendary Club
X, she was enthralled with
techno and house-music
pioneers Inner City and
Joey Beltram.
That obsession led her to
make music her livelihood.
After she moved home from
college with a degree in
American culture, she met
other DJs in Detroit, who
encouraged her to bolster
an already impressive musi-
cal repertoire. She started
to collect even more music
and develop her own set
and style of DJ skills.

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